Mukesh Kumar Awasthi is an Associate Professor at the College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi Province, PR China. His major research interests include microbiology, environmental science, biotechnology & bioengineering field. He was awarded with the MoRE 2020-Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow - University of Boras, Boras, Sweden. He has over 315 publications, which include 280 papers, three books, and 25 book chapters. Zengqiang Zhang is a Professor at the College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi Province, China. His major research interests lie in the areas of environmental microbiology, organic waste composting, bioremediation of heavy metal contaminated soil, wastewater treatment and nutrient recovery, and mitigation of greenhouse gases emission during the organic waste composting, etc. He has more than 335 publications, which include 296 papers, three books, and 25 book chapters. Professor Ashok Pandey is currently a Distinguished Scientist at the Centre for Innovation and Translational Research, CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research, Lucknow, India, and the Executive Director (Honorary) at the Centre for Energy and Environmental Sustainability – India. He has over 1600 publications, which include 16 patents, 108 books, over 1000 papers, and book chapters.

• SECTION I GeneralChapter 1 Sewage Sludge Treatment and Management: An IntroductionXinwei Sun, A.M. Dregulo, Manoj Kumar Solanki, Ashok Pandey, Mukesh Kumar AwasthiChapter 2 Global Scenario of Sewage Sludge ManagementParveen Fatema Rupani, Mohammadreza Kamali, Suely Akter, Xianghui Qic, Faisal I. Chowdhury, Hossain M. ZabedChapter 3 Ecological and Health Risk Assessment in Heavy Metal Contaminated Soils Irrigated by SewageHan Zhang, Ping Wang, Qian Li, Zhaowen Yang, Weilong Wu, Zengqiang ZhangChapter 4 Municipal Wastewater Sludge as a Sustainable Bioresource in Developed CountriesVinay, M Shahbaz Khan, Pooja Ghosh, Vivek KumarChapter 5 Application of Sewage Sludge as an Agricultural Soil AmendmentYuanyao Ye, Huu Hao Ngo, Wenshan Guo, An Ding, Shihai Deng, Dinh Duc Nguyen, Xuan Thanh BuiChapter 6 Sustainable Treatment and Resource Recovery from Sewage SludgeBhoomika Yadav, Shraddha Chavan, R.D. Tyagi, Jonathan W.C. Wong, Patrick DroguiSECTION II Thermochemical Processing of Sewage SludgeChapter 7 Thermochemical Processing of Sewage Sludge: Fundamentals and ChallengesA.M. DreguloChapter 8 Pyrolysis of Sewage SludgeGuo-Rong Ni, Chun-Huo Zhou, Xin Yin, Hua-Jun HuangChapter 9 Combustion of Sewage SludgeYaru Peng, Yuan Luo, Ken Smith, Ronghua LiChapter 10 Hydrothermal Liquefaction and Carbonization for Sustainable Treatment of Sewage SludgeAyan Banerjee, Sangeeta Mohanty, Debashish Ghosh, Thallada BhaskarChapter 11 Gasification of Sewage SludgeAnees Ahmad, Farah Hussain, Muhammad Hassan Javed, Muhammad Ali, Abdul-Sattar NizamiSECTION III Biological Processing of Sewage SludgeChapter 12 Role of Microbes in Sewage Sludge Treatment and ManagementChao Liu, Xiao Xiao, Ting Tang, Chao Li, Jianhong Wei, Binghua YanChapter 13 Emerging Resources Recover Technology: Sustainable Treatment and Management of Sewage SludgeA. N. Anoopkumar, Mithula Venugopal, Embalil Mathachan Aneesh, Aravind Madhavan, Laya Liz Kuriakose, Parameswaran Binod, Ashok Pandey, Mukesh Kumar Awasthi and Raveendran SindhuChapter 14 Biostabilization of Sewage SludgeBridget Signe Price, Carlos Saul Osorio-González, Satinder Kaur BrarChapter 15 Antibiotic Resistance Genes in Sewage SludgePooja Sharma, Ambreen Bano, Surendra Pratap SinghChapter 16 Bioleaching of Sewage Sludge for Enhanced DewaterabilityYunbei Li, Lijun Quan, Chunyan Fu, Hailong Li, Yiwen Chen, Wanting CaiChapter 17 Detoxification of Sewage Sludge by Natural AttenuationEzeah, Chukwunonye, Esonye, Chizoo, Azuama, Onyedikachi Cecil

Mukesh Kumar Awasthi is an Associate Professor at the College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi Province, PR China. His major research interests include microbiology, environmental science, biotechnology & bioengineering field. He was awarded with the MoRE 2020-Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow - University of Boras, Boras, Sweden. He has over 315 publications, which include 280 papers, three books, and 25 book chapters. Zengqiang Zhang is a Professor at the College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi Province, China. His major research interests lie in the areas of environmental microbiology, organic waste composting, bioremediation of heavy metal contaminated soil, wastewater treatment and nutrient recovery, and mitigation of greenhouse gases emission during the organic waste composting, etc. He has more than 335 publications, which include 296 papers, three books, and 25 book chapters. Professor Ashok Pandey is currently a Distinguished Scientist at the Centre for Innovation and Translational Research, CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research, Lucknow, India, and the Executive Director (Honorary) at the Centre for Energy and Environmental Sustainability – India. He has over 1600 publications, which include 16 patents, 108 books, over 1000 papers, and book chapters.

• SECTION I GeneralChapter 1 Sewage Sludge Treatment and Management: An IntroductionXinwei Sun, A.M. Dregulo, Manoj Kumar Solanki, Ashok Pandey, Mukesh Kumar AwasthiChapter 2 Global Scenario of Sewage Sludge ManagementParveen Fatema Rupani, Mohammadreza Kamali, Suely Akter, Xianghui Qic, Faisal I. Chowdhury, Hossain M. ZabedChapter 3 Ecological and Health Risk Assessment in Heavy Metal Contaminated Soils Irrigated by SewageHan Zhang, Ping Wang, Qian Li, Zhaowen Yang, Weilong Wu, Zengqiang ZhangChapter 4 Municipal Wastewater Sludge as a Sustainable Bioresource in Developed CountriesVinay, M Shahbaz Khan, Pooja Ghosh, Vivek KumarChapter 5 Application of Sewage Sludge as an Agricultural Soil AmendmentYuanyao Ye, Huu Hao Ngo, Wenshan Guo, An Ding, Shihai Deng, Dinh Duc Nguyen, Xuan Thanh BuiChapter 6 Sustainable Treatment and Resource Recovery from Sewage SludgeBhoomika Yadav, Shraddha Chavan, R.D. Tyagi, Jonathan W.C. Wong, Patrick DroguiSECTION II Thermochemical Processing of Sewage SludgeChapter 7 Thermochemical Processing of Sewage Sludge: Fundamentals and ChallengesA.M. DreguloChapter 8 Pyrolysis of Sewage SludgeGuo-Rong Ni, Chun-Huo Zhou, Xin Yin, Hua-Jun HuangChapter 9 Combustion of Sewage SludgeYaru Peng, Yuan Luo, Ken Smith, Ronghua LiChapter 10 Hydrothermal Liquefaction and Carbonization for Sustainable Treatment of Sewage SludgeAyan Banerjee, Sangeeta Mohanty, Debashish Ghosh, Thallada BhaskarChapter 11 Gasification of Sewage SludgeAnees Ahmad, Farah Hussain, Muhammad Hassan Javed, Muhammad Ali, Abdul-Sattar NizamiSECTION III Biological Processing of Sewage SludgeChapter 12 Role of Microbes in Sewage Sludge Treatment and ManagementChao Liu, Xiao Xiao, Ting Tang, Chao Li, Jianhong Wei, Binghua YanChapter 13 Emerging Resources Recover Technology: Sustainable Treatment and Management of Sewage SludgeA. N. Anoopkumar, Mithula Venugopal, Embalil Mathachan Aneesh, Aravind Madhavan, Laya Liz Kuriakose, Parameswaran Binod, Ashok Pandey, Mukesh Kumar Awasthi and Raveendran SindhuChapter 14 Biostabilization of Sewage SludgeBridget Signe Price, Carlos Saul Osorio-González, Satinder Kaur BrarChapter 15 Antibiotic Resistance Genes in Sewage SludgePooja Sharma, Ambreen Bano, Surendra Pratap SinghChapter 16 Bioleaching of Sewage Sludge for Enhanced DewaterabilityYunbei Li, Lijun Quan, Chunyan Fu, Hailong Li, Yiwen Chen, Wanting CaiChapter 17 Detoxification of Sewage Sludge by Natural AttenuationEzeah, Chukwunonye, Esonye, Chizoo, Azuama, Onyedikachi Cecil

Mukesh Kumar Awasthi is an Associate Professor at the College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi Province, PR China. His major research interests include microbiology, environmental science, biotechnology & bioengineering field. He was awarded with the MoRE 2020-Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow - University of Boras, Boras, Sweden. He has over 315 publications, which include 280 papers, three books, and 25 book chapters. Zengqiang Zhang is a Professor at the College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi Province, China. His major research interests lie in the areas of environmental microbiology, organic waste composting, bioremediation of heavy metal contaminated soil, wastewater treatment and nutrient recovery, and mitigation of greenhouse gases emission during the organic waste composting, etc. He has more than 335 publications, which include 296 papers, three books, and 25 book chapters. Professor Ashok Pandey is currently a Distinguished Scientist at the Centre for Innovation and Translational Research, CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research, Lucknow, India, and the Executive Director (Honorary) at the Centre for Energy and Environmental Sustainability – India. He has over 1600 publications, which include 16 patents, 108 books, over 1000 papers, and book chapters.

• SECTION I GeneralChapter 1 Sewage Sludge Treatment and Management: An IntroductionXinwei Sun, A.M. Dregulo, Manoj Kumar Solanki, Ashok Pandey, Mukesh Kumar AwasthiChapter 2 Global Scenario of Sewage Sludge ManagementParveen Fatema Rupani, Mohammadreza Kamali, Suely Akter, Xianghui Qic, Faisal I. Chowdhury, Hossain M. ZabedChapter 3 Ecological and Health Risk Assessment in Heavy Metal Contaminated Soils Irrigated by SewageHan Zhang, Ping Wang, Qian Li, Zhaowen Yang, Weilong Wu, Zengqiang ZhangChapter 4 Municipal Wastewater Sludge as a Sustainable Bioresource in Developed CountriesVinay, M Shahbaz Khan, Pooja Ghosh, Vivek KumarChapter 5 Application of Sewage Sludge as an Agricultural Soil AmendmentYuanyao Ye, Huu Hao Ngo, Wenshan Guo, An Ding, Shihai Deng, Dinh Duc Nguyen, Xuan Thanh BuiChapter 6 Sustainable Treatment and Resource Recovery from Sewage SludgeBhoomika Yadav, Shraddha Chavan, R.D. Tyagi, Jonathan W.C. Wong, Patrick DroguiSECTION II Thermochemical Processing of Sewage SludgeChapter 7 Thermochemical Processing of Sewage Sludge: Fundamentals and ChallengesA.M. DreguloChapter 8 Pyrolysis of Sewage SludgeGuo-Rong Ni, Chun-Huo Zhou, Xin Yin, Hua-Jun HuangChapter 9 Combustion of Sewage SludgeYaru Peng, Yuan Luo, Ken Smith, Ronghua LiChapter 10 Hydrothermal Liquefaction and Carbonization for Sustainable Treatment of Sewage SludgeAyan Banerjee, Sangeeta Mohanty, Debashish Ghosh, Thallada BhaskarChapter 11 Gasification of Sewage SludgeAnees Ahmad, Farah Hussain, Muhammad Hassan Javed, Muhammad Ali, Abdul-Sattar NizamiSECTION III Biological Processing of Sewage SludgeChapter 12 Role of Microbes in Sewage Sludge Treatment and ManagementChao Liu, Xiao Xiao, Ting Tang, Chao Li, Jianhong Wei, Binghua YanChapter 13 Emerging Resources Recover Technology: Sustainable Treatment and Management of Sewage SludgeA. N. Anoopkumar, Mithula Venugopal, Embalil Mathachan Aneesh, Aravind Madhavan, Laya Liz Kuriakose, Parameswaran Binod, Ashok Pandey, Mukesh Kumar Awasthi and Raveendran SindhuChapter 14 Biostabilization of Sewage SludgeBridget Signe Price, Carlos Saul Osorio-González, Satinder Kaur BrarChapter 15 Antibiotic Resistance Genes in Sewage SludgePooja Sharma, Ambreen Bano, Surendra Pratap SinghChapter 16 Bioleaching of Sewage Sludge for Enhanced DewaterabilityYunbei Li, Lijun Quan, Chunyan Fu, Hailong Li, Yiwen Chen, Wanting CaiChapter 17 Detoxification of Sewage Sludge by Natural AttenuationEzeah, Chukwunonye, Esonye, Chizoo, Azuama, Onyedikachi Cecil